单词 | carnassial |
释义 | carnassialadj.n. Comparative Anatomy. A. adj. ‘Relating to flesh eating’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon); used of certain teeth of carnivorous animals, specially adapted for tearing flesh. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having teeth > adapted for tearing or cutting laniary1826 trenchant1831 carnassial1849 laniariform1849 secodont1891 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [adjective] > carnassial sectorial1845 carnassial1849 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 907/1 The tooth..has a..carnassial modification of form. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 911/2 The fourth premolar is the carnassial tooth. 1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 78 The carnassial apparatus of these predaceous marsupials. B. n. A tooth adapted for eating flesh. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > carnassial scissor tooth1837 carnassial1854 1854 R. Owen in Circle of Sci. (c1865) II. 109/2 The lower carnassials of the lion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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